US 11,917,519 B2
Wireless sensor system, method and apparatus with switch and outlet control
Charles E. Greene, Butler, PA (US); and Daniel W. Harrist, Carnegie, PA (US)
Assigned to Powercast Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Powercast Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,425.
Application 17/935,425 is a continuation of application No. 16/859,617, filed on Apr. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,457,395.
Application 16/859,617 is a continuation of application No. 15/012,244, filed on Feb. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,638,399, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 15/012,244 is a continuation of application No. 13/848,667, filed on Mar. 21, 2013, granted, now 9,251,699, issued on Feb. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/613,753, filed on Mar. 21, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013307 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 40/08 (2009.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 40/08 (2013.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04B 7/15507 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/886 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wireless sensor configured to be operatively coupled to a network gateway device that is configured to receive at least one of a first data packet or a second data packet from the wireless sensor,
the wireless sensor configured to send the first data packet at a first time on a first frequency,
the wireless sensor configured to send the second data packet at a second time on a second frequency different from the first frequency, the second time being after the first time and without delay between an end of the first time and a start of the second time, the second data packet including a payload corresponding to a payload of the first data packet,
the wireless sensor configured to send the first data packet and the second data packet independent of an instruction from the network gateway device, and
the wireless sensor including an energy harvester and a power storage component, the wireless sensor configured to operate based on a combination of energy including (1) a first amount of energy that is provided by the energy harvester and that changes over time, and (2) a second amount of energy that is provided by the power storage component and that changes over time based at least in part on the first amount.